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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: The Economic, Social and Cultural Council

Article L6433-6

…are members. They are also entitled to reimbursement of additional expenses that may arise from the exercise of special mandates entrusted to them by the Council. The procedures for applying this arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the ethics officer for local elected representatives

Article R1111-1-C

When the deliberation referred to in article R. 1111-1-B provides for the persons exercising these functions to receive compensation, this compensation shall take the form of holiday allowances, the a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election of representatives of local authorities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status

Article R1213-3

The four representatives of the départements and their alternates are elected by the college of the presidents of the departmental councils in a single-round majority list ballot, with complete lists…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Compensation in the event of dismissal, discharge or acquittal

Article R249-8

…hin one month of receipt of the request for payment. A reasoned refusal by the Public Prosecutor to exercise the appeal shall be brought to the attention of the assigning accounting officer. In this c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Legal costs

Article R429

…hin one month of payment of the compensation. "The Public Prosecutor's Office's reasoned refusal to exercise the appeal shall be brought to the attention of the Public Treasury. "

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Employment contract.

Article L7121-5

…on the European Economic Area where they usually provide similar services and who come to France to exercise their activity, through the provision of services, on a temporary and self-employed basis.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ethics and prevention of conflicts of interest

Article R1313-30

…Executive. The Committee shall have access to all information held by the Agency necessary for the exercise of its powers. The Chief Executive Officer provides the Committee with the resources it nee…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to all applications

Article R464-30

…tter of notification shall indicate the time limit for appeal and the procedures by which it may be exercised. It shall include in an annex the names, capacities and addresses of the parties to whom t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Composition, election and term of office

Article D2332-2

Employee representation on the group works council, as provided for in Article L. 2333-1, comprises no more than thirty members. Where fewer than fifteen undertakings in the group have a social and ec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Collective bargaining agreements and collective labour agreements

Article D2622-4

…mpanies, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment and the Departmental Unit Manager are exercised in Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin by the D…

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